Ice on Mantua?

[Fin-S-Fish]

Omg, you hit it right on the nail! Wow, that is exactly right on! If ur spud punches through at one jab, for sure it's not ready, if it punches through at two it's walkable but risky, ok if on a cold day say 28 deg and below. 3 jabs and plenty safe. Two inches ice fishable on a cold day. 3in I can jump up and down like a trampoline and no worries, 4in there's no way in hell of falling through even if you're 400lbs. A day like today I would definitely not fish mantua thin ice, it's waaaay warm. That ice is mushy as hell and can easily give way. This whole wk is not ice making weather right now. But yeah a one two punch with a spud is the best unscientific way to measure safe ice. I also plunge my hand into the spud hole to grab ice sheet to measure thickness. Most times when you get 4in of ice the fishing is over with lol.
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